Identification Information:

Citation:

Originator: New York City Department of City Planning

Publication Date: July, 2009

Title: New York City Projection Areas

Edition: 09A

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Series Information:

Series Name: BYTES of the BIG APPLE

Issue Identification: 09A

Publication Information:

Publisher: City of New York Department of City Planning

Other Citation Details:

No major changes since previous version.

Online Linkage: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/bytes/applbyte.shtml

Description:

Abstract:

These projection areas were created to project populations at a small area level, from 2000 to 2030. First and foremost, these aggregations were driven by population size in 2000 – projection areas had to have a minimum population of 15,000, because this reduces the error associated with the projected population. This criterion resulted in combinations of neighborhoods that probably would not occur if one were solely designating boundaries of historical neighborhoods. Moreover, the neighborhood names associated with the projection areas are not intended to be definitive. Projection areas were created using whole census tracts that were exact subdivisions of New York City’s 55 Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs). (PUMAs were developed for use with the Census Bureau’s Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) and are approximations of Community Districts.) Projection areas were not permitted to cross PUMA boundaries. Users need to be cognizant of the reason why these projection areas were created, and the demographic and geographic constraints inherent in how they were configured.

Purpose:

These boundaries were created by the Department of City Planning for assessing small area population projections.

Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Single Date/Time:

Calendar Date: June, 2009

Currentness Reference:

ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance and Update Frequency: Quarterly

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

West Bounding Coordinate: -74.257465

East Bounding Coordinate: -73.699450

North Bounding Coordinate: 40.915808

South Bounding Coordinate: 40.495805

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: NONE

Theme Keyword: boundary

Theme Keyword: borough

Theme Keyword: boundaries

Place:

Place Keyword Thesaurus: NONE

Place Keyword: New York

Place Keyword: New York City

Place Keyword: Manhattan

Place Keyword: Staten Island

Place Keyword: Brooklyn

Place Keyword: Bronx

Place Keyword: Queens

Access Constraints: The data is freely available to all New York City agencies and the public.

Use Constraints:

While all possible measures have been taken to ensure the accuracy of this data, the NYC Department of City Planning and the City of New York assume no responsibility for the accuracy of this data. All users should independently verify the accuracy of the data for their purposes.

Point of Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: New York City Department of City Planning

Contact Position: BYTES of the BIG APPLE Coordinator

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

22 Reade St, 5N

City: New York

State or Province: NY

Postal Code: 10007

Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: 212.720.3505

Native Data Set Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535

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Data Quality Information:

Completeness Report:

These data are accurate as of the redistricting after the US Census 2000.

Positional Accuracy:

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:

The District files are created from the same release version of the Department of City Planning LION file. The LION file is spatially aligned with NYCMap aerial photography.

Lineage:

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Spatial Data Organization Information:

Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector

Point and Vector Object Information:

SDTS Terms Description:

SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: G-polygon

Point and Vector Object Count: 65

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Spatial Reference Information:

Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:

Planar:

Map Projection:

Map Projection Name: Lambert Conformal Conic

Lambert Conformal Conic:

Standard Parallel: 40.666667

Standard Parallel: 41.033333

Longitude of Central Meridian: -74.000000

Latitude of Projection Origin: 40.166667

False Easting: 984250.000000

False Northing: 0.000000

Planar Coordinate Information:

Planar Coordinate Encoding Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate Representation:

Abscissa Resolution: 0.000256

Ordinate Resolution: 0.000256

Planar Distance Units: survey feet

Geodetic Model:

Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257222

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Entity and Attribute Information:

Detailed Description:

Entity Type:

Entity Type Label: nypa

Attribute:

Attribute Label: OBJECTID

Attribute Definition:

Internal feature number.

Attribute Definition Source:

ESRI

Attribute Domain Values:

Unrepresentable Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute Label: BoroCode

Attribute Definition:

Borough of census tract.

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 1

Enumerated Domain Value Definition:

Manhattan

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 2

Enumerated Domain Value Definition:

Bronx

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 3

Enumerated Domain Value Definition:

Brooklyn

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 4

Enumerated Domain Value Definition:

Queens

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 5

Enumerated Domain Value Definition:

Staten Island

Attribute:

Attribute Label: BoroName

Attribute Definition:

Borough Name.

Attribute:

Attribute Label: CountyFIPS

Attribute Definition:

The Census Bureau defined County FIPS code

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 005

Enumerated Domain Value Definition:

Bronx County

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 047

Enumerated Domain Value Definition:

Kings County (Brooklyn)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 061

Enumerated Domain Value Definition:

New York County (Manhattan)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 081

Enumerated Domain Value Definition:

Queens County

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 085

Enumerated Domain Value Definition:

Richmond County (Staten Island)

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PjAreaCode

Attribute Definition:

Projection Area Code

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PjAreaName

Attribute Definition:

Projection Area Name

Attribute:

Attribute Label: Shape

Attribute Definition:

Feature geometry.

Attribute Definition Source:

ESRI

Attribute Domain Values:

Unrepresentable Domain:

Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute Label: Shape.area

Attribute:

Attribute Label: Shape.len

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Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: New York City Department of City Planning

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

22 Reade St

City: New York

State or Province: New York

Postal Code: 10007

Country: USA

Contact Instructions:

Available at the following website: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/bytes/applbyte.shtml

Resource Description: Downloadable Data

Standard Order Process:

Digital Form:

Digital Transfer Information:

Transfer Size: 0.440

Fees: Free

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Metadata Reference Information:

Metadata Date: 20081007

Metadata Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Person Primary:

Contact Organization: New York City Department of City Planning

Contact Position: BYTES of the BIG APPLE Coordinator

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

22 Reade St, 5N

City: New York

State or Province: New York

Postal Code: 10007

Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: 212.720.3505

Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata Time Convention: local time

Metadata Extensions:

Online Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

Profile Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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